by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
Social learning by kids with autism, writes Kate Forster, might be enhanced if they have time to learn and play with typically developing children. Kate writes about a project in Seattle Public Schools to study the effectiveness of this approach. See this and other...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
For readers on your gift list, Adrienne Ross Scanlan has a new book, Turning Homeward: Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild. In this just-released work from Mountaineers Books, Adrienne tells of creating a home in the Pacific Northwest by working as a citizen...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
In The Smithsonian, Ker Than tells of geologists following a hunch about odd-looking stalagmites and discovering a way to study ancient earthquakes. The drip of water from a cave ceiling to a floor creates a low-tech record of seismic activity, writes Ker. He has lots...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
New articles by Wayt Gibbs for Scientific American take a global perspective. Read about using real-time ship-tracking sites to spot illegal fishing around the world and find out what Bill Gates thinks about data and global health. Subscribers can get the origin story...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
This summer, Sylvia Kantor left her job, bought a VW camper van, and set off to finish visiting all 59 National Parks. On the 100-year anniversary of the National Park Service, Sylvia wrote for Crosscut about her inspirations (thank you, Ken Burns!) and plans. Sylvia...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
In ScienceNews, Roberta Kwok tells a worrying tale of fish escaping from aquafarms. With deep reporting and informative graphs, Roberta lays out the problems: farmed fish that outcompete wild species, mate with them to create weaker hybrids, or simply chase them out...
